Sixth International Conference on the Fundamentals of Fracture; Cirencester, UK: March 25-30, 2001

[00:99 . 93]第六届国际断裂基础会议是一系列会议中最新的一次，每四年举行一次，聚集研究人员讨论断裂领域的最新理论和实验研究。广泛的讨论在从亚洲到欧洲和美国的全球各地轮流举行。它的目的是促进骨折领域最优秀和最聪明的人之间的合作和信息交流。它特别成功地为高级研究人员引进了一批研究生和博士后，并促成了大量新的长期关系的发展。这一系列会议专门讨论骨折科学。主题列表显示组委会希望涵盖广泛的材料系统和断裂的物理方面。课程的主题包括：断裂的原子力学、介观尺度模型、多尺度现象模型、裂纹动力学、钢和其他工程材料、环境影响、疲劳基础和界面断裂。提供5000美元的支持，用于资助研究生和博士后与会者奖学金，以最大限度地提高这些传统上在国际会议上代表性不足的群体的出席率。%%%除了在国家会议（如MRS）中单独召开的专题讨论会外，没有专门针对骨折科学的会议。最接近的是每三年举办一次的国际骨折大会（上一次是1997年在澳大利亚举行）。这一系列的会议有一种工程导向的味道，不涉及基本的科学问题。* * *

0100993FoeckeThe Sixth International Conference on the Fundamentals of Fracture is the latest in a series of meetings, held every four years, that assembles researchers to discuss the latest in theoretical and experimental research in the field of fracture. The wide-ranging discussions are held in locations that rotate around the globe from Asia to Europe and the United States. Its purpose is to foster collaborations and information exchanges among the best and brightest in the field of fracture. It has been especially successful in introducing a host of graduate students and post-docs to senior researchers and has led to the development of a significant number of new, long-standing relationships. This series of meetings is specifically dedicated to the science of fracture. The list of topics shows the organizing committee's desire to cover a broad range of materials systems and physical aspects of fracture. The preliminary list of topics include: atomistics of fracture, mesoscopic scale modelling, multiscale phenomena & modelling, crack dynamics, steels & other engineering materials, environmental effects, fundamentals of fatigue, and interfacial fracture.Support in the amount of $5K is provided to fund graduate student and post-doctoral attendee fellowships to maximize attendance from these groups that are traditionally under-represented at international meetings. %%%With the exception of isolated symposia within national meetings, such as the MRS, there are no meetings specifically dedicated to the science of fracture. The closest one is the International Congress on Fracture held every 3 years (the last one held in Australia in 1997). That series of meetings has an engineering-oriented flavor and does not deal with fundamental scientific issues. ***